Charles Grimes
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Charles Grimes (February 24, 1772 - February 19, 1858) was an English surveyor of Australia. As Assistant-Surveyor-General, he surveyed Port Stephens in 1796. He is responsible for the discovery of the Yarra River, and fully surveying the Hunter River and King Island. In 1808 he sided with the rebels against Governor William Bligh in the Rum Rebellion and shares the distinction of being only one of two rebels to lose their governments posts.
On January 30, 1803, whilst on a survey of Port Phillip on the 'Cumberland' (the first schooner built in New South Wales), he and his party landed at Frankston and met around thirty of the local inhabitants. A plaque at the site marks the event.
[edit] References
John Currey (ed.), James Fleming, A Journal of Grimes’ Survey: The Cumberland in Port Phillip January – February 1803, Banks Society Publications, Malvern [Vic.], 2002
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